DETERMINATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENT SUCCESS IN ACCOUNTING COURSES: AN IMPLEMANTATION AT YALOVA UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Accounting education is critically important for the development of future accounting academics and accouting professionals. Increasing need for qualified personnel, highering demand for accounting academics by universities, transition stage to international accounting standards and inetrnational financial reporting standards, climbing significance of ethics as a result of economic crises and corporate scandals have positioned accounting education to a unique point today. This research was run on 156 Yalova University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Management, Economics, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations department students and data were collected via the questionnaire methodology. 5 point Likert scale was used to design the related questionnaire. Research results and findings indicate that, it is not certain commercial high school alumni are more successful in accounting courses at undergraduate level. Also, most students believe that accounting occupation will guarantee and secure their future. Good working conditions and physical university infrastruture, positive roles and behaviors of academics, integrating practice to theory during lectures, regular attendance of faculty member to courses are determined to positively affect the student success in accounting courses. However, faculty member being unaware of efficient learning methods, implementing an unfair grading system, teaching monotonous and nervous, students not learning the logic of accounting and unclear exam questions of faculty members are detected to lower the student success in accounting courses.
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Economics
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Cevdet Kızıl
This is me
İSTANBUL MEDENİYET ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Kadriye Gencer
This is me
YALOVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 20, 2016
Submission Date
May 15, 2017
Acceptance Date
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Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 1 Number: 2